Marquis Duveaux

Marquis Duveaux was a French nobleman during the mid-16th century. In 1558, he came to King Henry II of France to seek his military assistance against the Baron of Guyenne, whom he claimed had insulted him, and, therefore, insulted the King. King Henry told Duveaux that he could not help him, as Duveaux had failed to bend the baron by his own power. King Henry then had Duveaux held down and attempted to burn the wax out of his ears with a candle, but Queen Catherine de Medici halted Henry before he could torture the nobleman.